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Enjoying the great weather in Cedar Key last Thursday were Molly and her owner, Bob Piscura. Sharing time between Virginia and Cedar Key, the two paddled over to Atsena Otie to chase crabs and run the beach.

A year-long experiment to increase oyster populations in Cedar Key that have died off because of reduced fresh water from the Suwannee River is slated to begin in March, according to scientists with the University of Florida.

The new owner of Fishbonz would like to convert the former seafood market and eatery into a pub, but the location is posing a conflict that establishments serving alcohol be at least 500 feet from the nearest house of worship — one of several specified places.

Ronald McCabe, who owns the house at 12350 Pine Street, has asked the Cedar Key City commission to consider vacating the 40-foot right of way it owns behind the home but the commission has delayed taking any action.

There are some who are compelled by a landscape, a sacred site, a river… so compelled that they want to be there, even need to be there. Shell Mound is such a site. Have you seen the group of our neighbors and friends who have been so compelled by the site that they have chosen to be its caretakers?